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  1. abeyance
    temporary cessation or suspension
  2. abrogate
    revoke formally
  3. abscond
    run away, often taking something or somebody along
  4. abstinence
    the trait of refraining from something, especially alcohol
  5. abstruse
    difficult to understand
  6. accolade
    a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction
  7. accouterment
    clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing
  8. acquit
    pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
  9. adjure
    command solemnly
  10. adumbrate
    describe roughly or give the main points or summary of
  11. aegis
    armor plate that protects the chest
  12. aggrieve
    cause to feel distress
  13. akimbo
    with hands on hips and elbows extending outward
  14. alacrity
    liveliness and eagerness
  15. alchemy
    a pseudoscientific forerunner of chemistry in medieval times
  16. ambulatory
    able to walk about
  17. ameliorate
    make better
  18. anathema
    a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication
  19. ancillary
    furnishing added support
  20. anomie
    lack of moral standards in a society
  21. antipodal
    relating to or situated at opposite sides of the earth
  22. apocryphal
    being of questionable authenticity
  23. apogee
    the farthest point in an orbit around the Earth
  24. apoplexy
    a loss of consciousness from the lack of oxygen in the brain
  25. apostasy
    rejection of religious beliefs, political party, or cause
  26. arbiter
    someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue
  27. ascetic
    someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline
  28. assiduous
    marked by care and persistent effort
  29. assignation
    a secret rendezvous (especially between lovers)
  30. bacchanal
    a wild gathering
  31. bandy
    discuss lightly
  32. bathos
    a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one
  33. behemoth
    someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
  34. belie
    be in contradiction with
  35. besmirch
    smear so as to make dirty or stained
  36. bilious
    relating to a digestive juice secreted by the liver
  37. bivouac
    temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
  38. bon vivant
    a sociable person who enjoys fine food and luxury
  39. bowdlerize
    edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
  40. brook
    a natural stream of water smaller than a river
  41. bumptious
    offensively self-assertive
  42. Byzantine
    of or relating to or characteristic of the Byzantine Empire or the ancient city of Byzantium
  43. cabal
    a clique that seeks power usually through intrigue
  44. cachet
    an indication of approved or superior status
  45. calumny
    a false accusation of an offense
  46. capricious
    determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
  47. castigate
    inflict severe punishment on
  48. cataclysm
    a sudden violent change in the earth's surface
  49. cavil
    raise trivial objections
  50. chary
    characterized by great caution
  51. chicanery
    the use of tricks to deceive someone
  52. chimerical
    like a grotesque product of the imagination
  53. circumlocution
    an indirect way of expressing something
  54. clout
    (boxing) a blow with the fist
  55. cogitate
    consider carefully and deeply
  56. comport
    behave in a certain manner
  57. compunction
    a feeling of deep regret, usually for some misdeed
  58. concomitant
    following or accompanying as a consequence
  59. conflagration
    a very intense and uncontrolled fire
  60. contentious
    showing an inclination to disagree
  61. cortege
    the group following and attending to some important person
  62. coterie
    an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
  63. covet
    wish, long, or crave for
  64. debacle
    a sudden and complete disaster
  65. decimate
    kill in large numbers
  66. deleterious
    harmful to living things
  67. depredation
    an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding
  68. descry
    catch sight of
  69. desiccate
    lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless
  70. determinism
    (philosophy) a philosophical theory holding that all events are inevitable consequences of antecedent sufficient causes; often understood as denying the possibility of free will
  71. diaspora
    the dispersion of something that was originally localized
  72. dichotomy
    a classification into two opposed parts or subclasses
  73. dilettante
    an amateur engaging in an activity without serious intention
  74. discomfit
    cause to lose one's composure
  75. disquiet
    a feeling of mild anxiety about possible developments
  76. dissipate
    cause to separate and go in different directions
  77. diurnal
    having a daily cycle or occurring every day
  78. doff
    remove
  79. doggerel
    a comic verse of irregular measure
  80. dossier
    papers containing detailed information about a person
  81. Draconian
    imposing a harsh code of laws
  82. dulcet
    pleasing to the ear
  83. effete
    excessively self-indulgent, affected, or decadent
  84. elan
    enthusiastic and assured vigor and liveliness
  85. elliptical
    rounded like an egg
  86. encomium
    a formal expression of praise
  87. endemic
    native to or confined to a certain region
  88. enervate
    weaken physically, mentally, or morally
  89. ennui
    the feeling of being bored by something tedious
  90. ensconce
    fix firmly
  91. ersatz
    an artificial or inferior substitute or imitation
  92. erudite
    having or showing profound knowledge
  93. espy
    catch sight of
  94. ethnocentric
    centered on a specific ethnic group, usually one's own
  95. evanescent
    short-lived; tending to vanish or disappear
  96. exemplar
    a person or thing to be imitated; ideal model
  97. exigent
    demanding immediate attention
  98. extirpate
    destroy completely, as if down to the roots
  99. facetious
    cleverly amusing in tone
  100. fauna
    all the animal life in a particular region or period
  101. feckless
    generally incompetent and ineffectual
  102. fecund
    capable of producing offspring or vegetation
  103. feral
    wild and menacing
  104. fetter
    a shackle for the ankles or feet
  105. fey
    suggestive of an elf in strangeness and otherworldliness
  106. flagellate
    whip or scourge; punish as if by whipping
  107. foment
    try to stir up
  108. forswear
    formally reject or disavow
  109. fusillade
    rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms
  110. gainsay
    take exception to
  111. gamin
    a boy who has been abandoned and roams the streets
  112. garrulous
    full of trivial conversation
  113. gerrymander
    divide voting districts unfairly and to one's advantage
  114. gestalt
    a whole that cannot be described as a sum of its parts
  115. gesticulate
    show, express, or direct through movement
  116. gird
    bind with something round or circular
  117. habeas corpus
    a writ ordering a prisoner to be brought before a judge
  118. halitosis
    offensive breath
  119. hidebound
    stubbornly inflexible and narrow-minded
  120. histrionic
    overly dramatic or emotional
  121. hoary
    having gray or white hair as with age
  122. homeopathy
    a method of treating disease with small amounts of remedies that, in large amounts in healthy people, produce symptoms similar to those being treated
  123. husbandry
    the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock
  124. ignominious
    deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
  125. imbroglio
    an intricate and confusing interpersonal situation
  126. impecunious
    not having enough money to pay for necessities
  127. impervious
    not admitting of passage or capable of being affected
  128. implacable
    incapable of being appeased or pacified
  129. impugn
    attack as false or wrong
  130. inchoate
    only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
  131. iniquitous
    characterized by injustice or wickedness
  132. insouciant
    marked by unconcern
  133. interregnum
    the time between two reigns or governments
  134. intransigent
    impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, or reason
  135. inveterate
    habitual
  136. irascible
    quickly aroused to anger
  137. itinerant
    traveling from place to place to work
  138. juggernaut
    a massive inexorable force
  139. junta
    a group of officers who rule a country after seizing power
  140. largess
    liberality in bestowing gifts
  141. lassitude
    a feeling of lack of interest or energy
  142. leitmotif
    a recurring melody in a piece of music
  143. levee
    an embankment built to prevent a river from overflowing
  144. libation
    the act of pouring a liquid offering as a religious ceremony
  145. libidinous
    driven by lust
  146. lope
    run easily
  147. macerate
    soften and cause to disintegrate as a result
  148. machination
    a crafty and involved plot to achieve your ends
  149. malapropism
    misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar
  150. malfeasance
    wrongful conduct by a public official
  151. martinet
    someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms
  152. matriculate
    enroll as a student
  153. maudlin
    very sentimental or emotional
  154. mellifluous
    pleasing to the ear
  155. mendacious
    given to lying
  156. mercurial
    liable to sudden unpredictable change
  157. miasma
    an unwholesome atmosphere
  158. milieu
    the environmental condition
  159. mirthful
    full of or showing high-spirited merriment
  160. mordant
    harshly ironic or sinister
  161. moribund
    being on the point of death
  162. muckrake
    explore and expose misconduct and scandals concerning public figures
  163. munificent
    given or giving freely, generously, or without restriction
  164. myopia
    eyesight abnormality in which distant objects appear blurred
  165. nabob
    a governor in India during the Mogul empire
  166. nascent
    being born or beginning
  167. neophyte
    a participant with no experience with an activity
  168. nepotism
    favoritism shown to relatives or friends by those in power
  169. niggardly
    petty or reluctant in giving or spending
  170. nihilism
    complete denial of established authority and institutions
  171. nirvana
    the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation
  172. noisome
    causing or able to cause nausea
  173. nonplus
    be a mystery or bewildering to
  174. obdurate
    stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
  175. obsequious
    attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
  176. oeuvre
    the total output of a writer or artist
  177. officious
    intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner
  178. omniscient
    knowing, seeing, or understanding everything
  179. omnivorous
    feeding on both plants and animals
  180. onerous
    burdensome or difficult to endure
  181. onus
    a burdensome or difficult concern
  182. opprobrious
    expressing offensive reproach
  183. opus
    a musical work that has been created
  184. oscillate
    move or swing from side to side regularly
  185. ossify
    become bony
  186. palliate
    lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
  187. pallid
    pale, as of a person's complexion
  188. panacea
    hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases
  189. panegyric
    formally expressing praise
  190. paradigm
    a standard or typical example
  191. parsimonious
    excessively unwilling to spend
  192. patina
    a fine coating of oxide on the surface of a metal
  193. patois
    a regional dialect of a language
  194. penultimate
    next to the last
  195. penury
    a state of extreme poverty or destitution
  196. peregrination
    traveling or wandering around
  197. perfidious
    tending to betray
  198. perfunctory
    hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
  199. perorate
    conclude a speech with a formal recapitulation
  200. perquisite
    an incidental benefit for certain types of employment
  201. perspicacious
    mentally acute or penetratingly discerning
  202. petulant
    easily irritated or annoyed
  203. phantasm
    something existing in perception only
  204. philistine
    a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits
  205. phlegmatic
    showing little emotion
  206. piquant
    having an agreeably pungent taste
  207. placebo
    an innocuous or inert medication
  208. plebeian
    of or associated with the great masses of people
  209. pluralism
    a social organization in which diversity is tolerated
  210. portent
    a sign of something about to happen
  211. pregnant
    carrying a developing baby within the body
  212. prepossess
    cause to be preoccupied
  213. prescient
    perceiving the significance of events before they occur
  214. prevaricate
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
  215. privation
    the act of stripping someone of food, money, or rights
  216. probity
    complete and confirmed integrity
  217. profligate
    unrestrained by convention or morality
  218. propinquity
    the property of being close together
  219. protean
    taking on different forms
  220. provenance
    where something originated or started
  221. prowess
    a superior skill learned by study and practice
  222. prurient
    characterized by lust
  223. puissance
    power to influence or coerce
  224. punctilious
    marked by precise accordance with details
  225. putrefy
    decay with an offensive smell
  226. quiescence
    a state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction
  227. raffish
    marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputability
  228. rapprochement
    the reestablishing of cordial relations
  229. rarefied
    of high moral or intellectual value
  230. recalcitrant
    stubbornly resistant to authority or control
  231. recidivism
    habitual relapse into crime
  232. recondite
    difficult to understand
  233. redoubtable
    inspiring fear
  234. remuneration
    paying for goods or services or to recompense for losses
  235. repartee
    adroitness and cleverness in reply
  236. reprobate
    a person without moral scruples
  237. reticent
    reluctant to draw attention to yourself
  238. ribald
    humorously vulgar
  239. rife
    excessively abundant
  240. rout
    an overwhelming defeat
  241. rubric
    category name
  242. ruminate
    reflect deeply on a subject
  243. sagacious
    acutely insightful and wise
  244. sallow
    unhealthy looking
  245. sally
    a military action in which besieged troops burst forth
  246. salubrious
    promoting health
  247. sang-froid
    great coolness and composure under strain
  248. sartorial
    of or relating to tailoring or clothing
  249. saturnine
    bitter or scornful
  250. savant
    a learned person
  251. scofflaw
    one who habitually ignores the law and does not answer court summonses
  252. scotch
    hinder or prevent, as an effort, plan, or desire
  253. secrete
    generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids
  254. sententious
    concise and full of meaning
  255. shibboleth
    a favorite saying of a sect or political group
  256. simper
    smile in an insincere, unnatural, or coy way
  257. sine qua non
    a prerequisite
  258. sinuous
    curved or curving in and out
  259. slatternly
    characteristic of or befitting an untidy, immoral woman
  260. somnolent
    inclined to or marked by drowsiness
  261. spate
    a sudden forceful flow
  262. spelunker
    a person who explores caves
  263. stalwart
    having rugged physical strength
  264. striate
    marked with stripes
  265. Sturm und Drang
    a state of violent disturbance and disorder
  266. sui generis
    constituting a class of its own; unique
  267. supercilious
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  268. surreptitious
    marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
  269. sycophant
    a person who tries to please someone to gain an advantage
  270. syllogism
    reasoning in which a conclusion is derived from two premises
  271. sylvan
    relating to or characteristic of wooded regions
  272. synergy
    the working together of two or more things to produce an effect
  273. temerity
    fearless daring
  274. temporize
    draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time
  275. tendentious
    having a strong bias, especially a controversial one
  276. timorous
    shy and fearful by nature
  277. titular
    existing in name only
  278. tone
    the distinctive property of a complex sound
  279. toothsome
    extremely pleasing to the sense of taste
  280. trice
    a very short time
  281. truculent
    defiantly aggressive
  282. umbrage
    a feeling of anger caused by being offended
  283. undulate
    move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
  284. usury
    the act of lending money at an exorbitant rate of interest
  285. vacuous
    devoid of matter
  286. vagary
    an unexpected and inexplicable change in something
  287. vainglorious
    feeling self-importance
  288. veneer
    coating consisting of a thin layer of wood
  289. venerate
    regard with feelings of respect and reverence
  290. veracious
    habitually speaking the truth
  291. verdant
    characterized by abundance of vegetation and green foliage
  292. vicarious
    experienced at secondhand
  293. viscosity
    resistance of a liquid to flowing
  294. vitriolic
    harsh, bitter, or malicious in tone
  295. wastrel
    someone who squanders resources or time
  296. wizened
    lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
  297. wont
    an established custom
  298. zaftig
    (of a female body) healthily plump and vigorous
  299. Zeitgeist
    the spirit of the time
  300. zephyr
    a slight wind
Created on 十月 29, 2012 (updated 十月 29, 2012)

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